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We are so grateful to LARABAR for sharing with us her amazing product. Simple, Pure, and Delicious. LARABAR believes the foundation of a sound mind, body and spirit is derived by what we eat. They are passionate about creating delicious, convenient snacks that are made from just a few, simple ingredients.

Created in May, 2000 by Lara Merriken, LARABAR was born. Starting with five original flavors: Cherry Pie, Apple Pie, Cashew Cookie, Banana Cookie, and Chocolate Coconut Chew, (featured here in front of The Bowery Mission) Lara launched the business. The first 500 bars sealed by hand. Today, millions of LARABAR bars are produced every year.

Lara says, “A passion for healthy living soon followed, and continues to be a driving force behind everything I do professionally and personally. I really appreciate the opportunity I have to make a positive difference in the world we live in. Health is our greatest wealth.”

If you have followed us for a while, then you know we are huge health fans, we cook at home a lot, and we like anything that is farm to table. When we were approached by Terra’s Kitchen to try their home delivery meals, we were super excited!

I have to be honest with you, I love cooking and even grocery shopping (I know, weird), but lately with the store being so busy, and the hubby working long hours (hospitality business), it sure is nice to have your meals planned out and your ingredients delivered.

However, that being said, we still want to keep our meals as clean as possible. So, when I did a little research on Terra’s Kitchen, I loved the fact that they are farm to table. Keeping all of their ingredients clean, all-natural, hormone free and no antibiotics.

Because it’s been so hot here in California, we stuck with a couple of grilling options. Tonight we had, grilled ny strip steak, with tomatoes, zucchini and basil chimichurri. Super easy, and super good! That’s another bonus, EASY!

Head on over to our Instagram page, where we are hosting an awesome giveaway, with Terra’s Kitchen, that you won’t want to miss!

Also, we’d love for you to try Terra’s Kitchen. So, for our readers and first time users, please use the code GoodNews at checkout and receive $50 off $100 or more.

This healthy snack food is for the herbal lover. ME! We love our herbs over here, and not that kind of herb, but, ya know, the other herb. ha! We’ve started implementing all sorts of herbs and tonics into our diet. So many of them, do so many wonderful things that I don’t even know where to start. However, I know now, that the mushroom, is (was) one of nature’s best kept secrets.

Four Sigma Foods, is a super rad company, making life on the run, easy to stay healthy. Their foods contain the wonderful beauty, reishi. Let me tell you, we have started using reishi from a few different companies, and it does wonders. It supports the adrenal glands and immune system, it’s one of the highest sources of antioxidants in the nature and it helps you keep a bulletproof immunity to stay healthy. Also, it can keep that ever dreaded stress at bay. Yes, please, I’ll drink it all!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We are continuing our healthy, eating/snacking series over here, with a little love towards our little ones. We can’t forget about them!

When we had Eleanor, I said I would make her food, when she was ready for solids. I said a lot of things, but…Well, I attempted it once, and to be honest, it wasn’t for me or her. (don’t judge. ha!) So my quest began for the perfect, organic, baby food. There weren’t many options, that I found and felt comfortable with. However, the one we kept reading about and seeing was Earth’s Best. So, that’s who we started with. Eleanor loves her options, and there are many to choose from, so, that’s who we’ve been with since day one!

Earth’s Best has a simple mission, “Earth’s Best Organic provides “better for baby” products with the freshest, purest ingredients, so parents can nurture their baby’s health with the utmost confidence.”

Eleanor had a chance to taste a few of their newer products, and she was thrilled with them. Luckily, we don’t have a picky eater over here, so we are pretty lucky there. Another thing we love about Earth’s Best, is the variety of items we have to choose from. We like to give Eleanor choices. This way she can learn the taste of different foods. I am still fully breastfeeding, so her meals with Earth Best tend to be a very small lunch, and a larger dinner. We also do give her avocado and banana. She really is a wonderful little eater.

I’ve mentioned before that we like lots of smaller bites around here, rather than three large meals. So, when we decided to partner up with Probar, we knew this was a match made in heaven. Not only are they organic, you have a choice of a bite bar for a quick satisfying snack, the meal bar, for the meal on the go, the bolt bar, for before your workout, the fuel bar, which is gluten free, and the base bar, which is full of superfoods. And, you can feel good about eating them. That’s a lot of goodness from one company.

We decided to try the meal bars. They were really, really good! We loved them all! I’m pretty sure you can’t go wrong with any of their products. We also really enjoyed having the bars for Dave’s lunch. Dave works in the hospitality industry, and doesn’t always have time for a full meal, so this bar was perfect.

Neither one of us are huge fans of bars, but while doing a little research for this series, we both liked the information behind the Probars company. They have a great mission…”PROBAR® creates delicious, convenient, healthy, plant-based food products. We strive to become the leading provider of REAL FOOD choices, always maintaining our commitment to quality, sustainability and fantastic taste.”

You can purchase Probars online, or other popular retailers. If you are local in Santa Barbara, I know you can get them at Whole Foods. Give them a try, they’re a tasty bite!

Head over to our Instagram account, to enter for a chance to win a free box of Probar meal bars.

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